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Movies Celebrate Single mothers: Mother is not just one word, the whole world. When she runs her world on her own, the story becomes. Hindi cinema has also put these stories beautifully on screen.
4 August, 2025
Movies Celebrate Single Mothers: We have been hearing for years that cinema is a mirror of society. There is hardly any issue or genre that Bollywood has not touched. One of these is single motherhood. A topic that is often questioned. However, Hindi films have shown the emotion, power and pride of single mother’s many times on the silver screen many times. In such a situation, today we have brought you a list of 5 best Hindi films in which actors have lived single mother’s beautifully.
Pa
In the film Pa Pa, released in 2009, Vidya Balan has played a strong single mother doctor Vidya. She tries to give her a normal life despite her son ‘Auro’ illness. In this film made under the direction of R. Balki, Amitabh Bachchan has played his son and Abhishek has his husband. This film shows the depth of mother son’s relationship in a very emotional style.
Mother India
Hindi cinema’s Cult film Mother India, released in the year 1957, is also the story of Single Mother’s Struggle. In this, who can forget Nargis’s character ‘Radha’? Apart from Nargis, the film also stars Sunil Dutt and Rajendra Kumar in the lead role. This film is a saga of single mother’s self-esteem and sacrifice, which still inspires people.
Salaam Venky
Kajol and Vishal Jethwa starrer film Salaam Venki was released in the year 2022. Kajol has played the role of Vishal (Venky) mother Sujata in it. Sujata is a mother who fights the society and law for her son’s right to death. This is also a great film made on single mother.
Silence
The film Nil Batte Sannata, released in 2016, is also a great movie made on single mothers. It stars actors like Swara Bhaskar, Riya Shukla, Pankaj Tripathi and Ratna Pathak Shah in the lead roles. In this film, Swara has played the role of a med who wants to make her daughter capable by writing. This film is the story of education and mother’s dreams.
Ho tomorrow
In Shah Rukh Khan, Saif Ali Khan and Preity Zinta starrer film Kal Ho Na Ho, Jaya Bachchan has played single mother Jennifer. Jennifer is a mother who is struggling in new York as well as her personal life.
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